The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-06


Correspondence Palatka NEWS.
ROME. GA. April >. 1887.
May trespass a little upon your pa
thence and that of your readers. i'll order
to give some of the impressions | have
received i'm the course of n trip through
the South, in regard to the resources and
future prospects of that great section of
our country?
am n Northern man. and this Is my
first visit to the Land of Flowers" and,
like majority of Yankees. have always
entertained what / now discover to have
been very erroneous ideas of the South
and its people. As matter of fact,
am simply overwhelmed with what |
have seen of the inexhaustible resOur-
ces. and the almost ilimitable future
possibilities of greatness, of that portion
of our country which is now popularity
termed the New South"
l have Travelled all through the great
West, and have lived for the past six
years in the Northwest, and | can say
truly and in all sincerity, that nowhere
in all the length and breadth of this
broad land. have | ever seen IL section of
country possessed of greater natural adj
vantages than this same New South" of
yours, nor grander opportunities for
rapid growth and development than are
now afforded to it's citizens.
The facilities which the South now Of
fers to profitable investment of capital
are such, as | firmly believe, have never
been surpassed in any section of our
country. | would urge upon all my fell
low Northerners, now visiting in your
State for purposes of health or pleasure.
to study some of these opportunities and
seize hold of them To their profit ON their
way northward.
And among the various towns of the
South, which are now making such rapid
strides to future greatness, | have seen
none which seems to possess greater nat
ural advantages. or gives better promise
of becoming a great manufacturing city
than Rome, Georgia.
Situated in the heart of the rich iron
and coal fields of Northwe stern Georgia
rank among the manufacturing cities of
the country. An immense rolling mill
backed by Northern capital. is about to
establish a plant i'm Rome which will
disbrlrse 81 1000, 900 annually in carrying
on its business, and soon blast furnaces
steel mill. ear works. boiler works. foun-
dries and every branch of iron manufac-
ture will be- carried ON extensively.
In addition to the facilities Rome aft
fords for all kinds of iron manufacturing
il IL, in my opinion, a. well adapted to
the purpose of manufacturing cotton
goods cheaply rs any town in the United
States. Coal abounds i'm the neighboring
mountains. and can be had as cheaply
rs i'm any place in the South. IL is in the
heart of the cotton belt, and has always
been one of the principal cotton markets
of the South. The population. now about
1900. is increasing rapidly, and will l
firmly believe. more than double i'm the
next two years. The climate is salubrious.
the water supply most excellent. and
the sanitary condition of the city far bet
ter than i'll any town in the South. The
citizens are enterprising. active, liberal
minded and possessed of great public
spirit. Real estate is very active. and
affords golden opportunities for Success
full speculation.
Now is the time for Northern or West
ern capital To take hold and aid in the
great work of building up city which
Is destined to become one. of the fair,.-t
and most tiourishing towns in the South
feel confident that any Northern man
now sojourning in Florida who will take
the trouble to stop off AT Rome for "A few
DAYS ON his way homeward will feel
amply repaid for 50 doing even if he
should carry home with HIM nothin q
more than a remembrance of the beau
tiful vistaS of hill and dale and fertile.
well watered farms which are To be seen
from the SUBMITS of the Hill City; while
If his visit To Rome should result in his
investing some of his surplus capital in
one or more of the many profitable enter
prises now being projected by its citi
Gems. l feel confident he. will have done
that which will accrue greatly to his
financial benefit and cause him To forever
feel grateful To yot.r correspondent fol
calling his attention to- the beauties ant
advantages of the Hill City Of Georgia.
NORTHWEST.